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Jake Welch's spreadsheet is shown on his computer in Salt Lake City. Keeping track on each time he wears an item helps the 36-year-old brand manager know where to spend his clothing budget.

Find cost per wear of your clothes

Jake Welch's spreadsheet is shown on his computer in Salt Lake City. Keeping track on each time he wears an item helps the 36-year-old brand manager know where to spend his clothing budget.

August 19, 2023, 6:01am Life

For Jake Welch, getting dressed is one big math problem. Read story

Tipping culture in America is changing, bringing with it questions of when, where and how much.

How to navigate the new world of tipping

Tipping culture in America is changing, bringing with it questions of when, where and how much.

August 19, 2023, 5:48am Business

A.M. Roberts was paying for an hourlong paddleboard rental on the Chain of Lakes in Minneapolis when the screen flipped and she was faced with a familiar question. Read story

Make the most out of back-to-school energy

August 19, 2023, 5:48am Life

Olivia Dreizen Howell has spent the summer running her online business, Fresh Starts Registry, from her Long Island home while caring for her two sons. At ages 9 and 7, they are full of energy. Read story

Nepali sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, 35, who with Norwegian climber Kristin Harila climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains in record time, arrives Aug. 5 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Top Sherpa sets sights on new peak

Nepali sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, 35, who with Norwegian climber Kristin Harila climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains in record time, arrives Aug. 5 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

August 19, 2023, 5:43am Life

A Sherpa guide who climbed the world’s 14 tallest mountains in record time is eyeing another record, looking to become the youngest person to scale all those peaks twice. Read story

Visitors photograph the interior of City Hall decorated with flowers Friday in Brussels, Belgium. Belgium has a century-old fling with surrealism and is always proud to flaunt it.

Belgium celebrates its love of flowers and surrealism

Visitors photograph the interior of City Hall decorated with flowers Friday in Brussels, Belgium. Belgium has a century-old fling with surrealism and is always proud to flaunt it.

August 12, 2023, 6:05am Life

If elephants are really known for their sense of direction, what are nine of them doing in the heart of Brussels, seemingly lost between the gothic and baroque houses lining the UNESCO-protected Grand Place? Read story

It's not uncommon to find plastic curbside bins chewed through by aggressive squirrels.

How to protect composting bins from critters

It's not uncommon to find plastic curbside bins chewed through by aggressive squirrels.

August 12, 2023, 6:04am Life

Last year I was at my wits’ end with curbside organics recycling. A newbie composter, I dutifully discarded my melon rinds, coffee grounds, pizza boxes and other food waste into a shiny new plastic cart provided by my first-ring suburb. Read story

Many homeowners are beginning to experiment with bringing wallpaper into the living room for a more vibrant and varied aesthetic.

Tips for wallpaper in living room

Many homeowners are beginning to experiment with bringing wallpaper into the living room for a more vibrant and varied aesthetic.

August 12, 2023, 6:02am Life

Wallpaper is back in a big way this year, and that means it’s finding its way into every room. Many homeowners are beginning to experiment with bringing wallpaper into the living room for a more vibrant and varied aesthetic, so the interior design pros are offering their advice to make… Read story

FILE - A person sells face masks outside a souvenir store in New York amid smoke from wildfires in Canada on June. 7, 2023. Across the U.S., many people are living through one of the most brutal summers of their lives and reckoning with the idea that climate change is only going to make matters worse in the coming decades.

Swaths of the U.S. are living through a brutal summer. It’s a climate wake-up call for many

FILE - A person sells face masks outside a souvenir store in New York amid smoke from wildfires in Canada on June. 7, 2023. Across the U.S., many people are living through one of the most brutal summers of their lives and reckoning with the idea that climate change is only going to make matters worse in the coming decades.

August 6, 2023, 6:00am Life

Veronica Iordanova remembers Octobers growing up in Arizona when it was too cold to trick-or-treat in a short-sleeved Halloween costume. She can’t imagine that anymore. Read story

Models walk in dan mcLean's show Runway 7:20 at XO.

This ‘slow-fashion’ Seattle designer says there’s enough clothing

Models walk in dan mcLean's show Runway 7:20 at XO.

August 5, 2023, 6:02am Life

On a recent warm evening, several hundred Seattleites decked out in black and silver bustled into the former Coliseum Theater downtown for a rare occurrence in the city — a bona fide fashion show. Read story

Fresh aromatic culinary herbs grow in a sunny window. You don't need to have a big yard or a lot of space to have a garden.

Windows of opportunity: Enough light more important than big yard when it comes to gardening

Fresh aromatic culinary herbs grow in a sunny window. You don't need to have a big yard or a lot of space to have a garden.

August 5, 2023, 6:00am Life

Gardening may generally be easier for people who have a large backyard space because it allows them the flexibility to grow. Read story